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Regards,
Gary L. Sanders, Staff Analog Eng., gsanders@ricochet.net
L3 Communications, Inc. Celerity Systems www.csidaq.com
Cupertino, CA USA dir. (408) 861-7325 fx (408) 873-1397
Ultra Fast Acquisition & Data Generation Systems
"D. C. Sessions" wrote:
> "Muranyi, Arpad" wrote:
> >
> > D.C.,
> >
> > I would appreciate if you would not use all these acronyms.
> >
> > "YMMV. HTH. HAND." etc...
> >
> > I have no idea what they stand for, and I bet many of the foreign
> > readers on the list have the same problem. I know it takes a lot of
> > time to write out frequently used common expressions, and in this
> > world we have everything but time, but if this is such a big problem
> > for you, come up with some nifty keyboard macros that will automatically
> > write it out for you on pressing one or a few keys.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Arpad
> > ======================================================================
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: D. C. Sessions [mailto:dc.sessions@vlsi.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 8:12 AM
> > To: si-list@silab.eng.sun.com
> > Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] : SSTL Versus full swing PROS/CONS
> >
> > "Yehuda D. Yizraeli" wrote:
> >
> > > I am looking for more data on the pros/cons of SSTL versus
> > > full swing data XFR into memories. All aspects are important/interesting.
> >
> > SSTL is pretty completely specified, but "full-swing" could be
> > anything. Do you mean rail-to-rail reflected-wave switching on
> > a point-to-point connection with centered diffamp receivers (sort
> > of like AGP) or what?
> >
> > Source-terminated full-swing with precision receivers can be as
> > fast as SSTL and use less power. Emphasis: _can_
> >
> > OTOH if you have a multi-drop bus it gets very hard to keep the
> > reflections from seriously degrading performance. Also, series
> > terminating an IC driver is iffy; doing it on the silicon gives
> > a pretty wide range of incident wave amplitudes across process
> > and temperature. Doing it off-chip is ugly for other reasons.
> >
> > YMMV. HTH. HAND.
>
> Your Milage May Vary
> Hope That Helps
> Have A Nice Day
>
> Old net.habits die hard. It *is* a good idea to learn some of
> the more common acronyms, such as RTFM, SNAFU, and FUBAR.
> At least partly since some (many?) are condensed for a reason.
>
> --
> D. C. Sessions
> dc.sessions@vlsi.com
>
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